NAME: Lydia Panas
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BIOGRAPHY
Lydia Panas has exhibited widely throughout the United States, and is gaining attention in Europe and Asia. Presently, her work is included in a group exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai.
Lydia was one of the top fifty photographers selected for the Critical Mass book competition in 2008 and one of nine artists chosen by FotoFest curators for the International Discoveries exhibit in 2007.
She has won numerous awards and honors including, most recently, First Prize for the 2009 publisher’s choice: singular image at center, santa fe. Second Prize in the 2009 Korean Cultural center Annual Juried Exhibition, a Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts grant, a John Anson Kittredge Grant, and a Puffin Foundation Grant among others.
Her work is included in numerous collections including Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Allentown Art Museum, Lehigh University, Center for Photography at Woodstock, and Maine Photographic Workshops.
Lydia has taught at many institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum, Lafayette, Muhlenberg, and Moravian Colleges, Kutztown University and the Maine Photographic Workshops. the MFA program at Vermont College, and the Baum School of Art/Lehigh Carbon Community College.
She has received secondary degrees from Boston College, The School of Visual Arts and New York University/International Center of Photography. Lydia was awarded a Whitney Museum Independent Study Fellowship.
She is represented by Wall Space Gallery in Seattle. Her images are represented commercially by Millenium Images and Gallery Stock, both in London.
